05-26-2020, 10:57 AMKeygan Wrote:

05-26-2020, 10:34 AMthecanadiancanuck Wrote: We do have a Most Dedicated award in the SMJHL, called the Zach Miller Trophy.

Why aren’t we giving Kalakar the Zach Miller award and calling it a day? What’s the big deal?

So what you're saying is that him not simming 1 out of the other 3 sims pushes him out of contention for the SHL award and should be given a (albeit, subjectively) less important award in the SMJHL? We only have 4 official sims that occur on this site, the SHL, SMJHL, IIHF and the WJC, if you did not know that already. It's a slap in the face to be given an award from the "juniors" because it belittles someone's work when Kalakar simmed, actively improved the sim and poured his soul into receiving the Littleton, an award that recognizes MAJOR contributions to the site.

Does he need to sim the entire site for you and the select members of the awards committee to recognize that he sacrificed so much of his personal life for a simulation hockey site and received no official recognition of his work?

Also, if you're thinking of the SHL, then you need people like Kalakar to put in the extra hours to make the experience better for those in the SMJHL. Without people like him continuing to push the quality of the entire site for the better, how would we further increase our player growth (and retention) on the site without making their initial experience on the site as good as it can be? There have been a multitude of people who cite that the SMJHL sim and streams have been extremely enjoyable and are one of the main reasons they choose the SHL/SMJHL as one of their favorite leagues to follow. You can't just ignore one's contributions to the entire site as a whole and simply package it into the lesser of the 2 awards just because it wasn't "the SHL" or the "major" league.